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Definition :

Video conferencing, is an advancement in science and technology which permits one to see, hear and talk with someone far away, with the same facility and ease as if he is present before you i.e., in your presence. In fact he/she is present before you on a screen. Except for touching one can see, hear and observe as if the party is in the same room. In video conferencing both parties are in presence of each other so long as the accused and/or his pleader are present when evidence is recorded by video conferencing that evidence is being recorded in the 'presence' of the accused and would thus fully meet the requirements of s. 273, Criminal Procedure Code. Recording of such evidence would be as per 'procedure establishment by law', State of Maharashtra v. Praful B. Desai, (2003) 4 SCC 601: AIR 2003 SC 2053 (2061). [Criminal Procedure Code, s. 273]